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Positive climate balance

With environmentally friendly products and modern, efficient production facilities like this one in Baytown, United States, Bayer is helping to cut down emissions of greenhouse gases.

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With environmentally friendly products and modern, efficient production facilities like this one in Baytown, United States, Bayer is helping to cut down emissions of greenhouse gases.

Leverkusen. Bayer is expanding its commitment to sustainability and the scope of its reporting on the subject. In the recently published Sustainable Development Report 2006, Bayer not only reports its direct greenhouse gas emissions but also becomes one of the first companies to report the "indirect" emissions occurring when energy is generated by third parties for Bayer’s consumption worldwide. The Group’s climate balance, drawn up according to the guidelines of the International Greenhouse Gas Protocol, shows that total specific direct and indirect emissions – in other words, emissions in relation to production volume – dropped by 2.6 percent in 2006 compared with the previous year.

	The Report provides an in-depth account of the Group’s sustainability activities, through which Bayer aims to link commercial success to environmental protection and social responsibility. The Bayer Sustainable Development Report 2006 can be ordered free of charge from the editor and is also available online at www.sustainability.bayer.com.